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Mountain men and fur traders of the Far West : eighteen biographical sketches / edited by LeRoy R. Hafen ; selected, with an introduction, by Harvey L. Carter

Catalog Data

Author:
Hafen, LeRoy R (LeRoy Reuben) 1893-1985  Search this
Carter, Harvey Lewis, 1904-1994  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Type:
Biography
History
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
1982
1965
To 1848
Notes:
"A Bison book."
Reprinted from: The Mountain men and the fur trade of the Far West. Glendale, Calif. : A.H. Clark, 1965-1972.
Contents:
Introduction / Harvey L. Carter -- Manuel Lisa / Richard E. Oglesby -- Pierre Chouteau, Jr. / Janet Lecompte -- Wilson Price Hunt / William Brandon -- William H. Ashley / Harvey L. Carter -- Jedediah Smith / Harvey L. Carter -- John McLoughlin / Kenneth L. Holmes -- Peter Skene Ogden / Ted J. Warner -- Ceran St. Vrain / Harold H. Dunham -- Kit Carson / Harvey L. Carter -- William Sherley (Old Bill) Williams / Frederic E. Voelker -- William Lewis Sublette / John E. Sunder -- Thomas Fitzpatrick / LeRoy R., Ann Hafen -- James Bridger / Cornelius M. Ismert -- Benjamin L.E. Bonneville / Edgeley W. Todd -- Joseph R. Walker / Ardis M. Walker -- Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth / William R. Sampson -- Andrew Drips / Harvey L. Carter -- Joseph L. Meek / Harvey E. Tobie
Summary:
Chapters on: Manuel Lisa, Pierre Chouteau, Jr., Wilson Price Hunt, William H. Ashley, Jedediah Smith, John McLoughlin, Peter Skene Ogden, Ceran St. Vrain, Kit Carson, William Sherley (Old Bill) Williams, William Lewis Sublette, Thomas Fitzpatrick, James Bridger, Benjamin L.E. Bonneville, Joseph R. Walker, Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth, Andrew Drips, Joseph L. Meek.
Topic:
Trappers  Search this
Fur traders  Search this
Fur trade--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1048803